The Windsor Guide; Containing a Description of the Town and Castle; The Present State of the Paintings and Curiosities In the Royal Apartments An Historical Account Of the Monuments &c. in St George’s Chapel; With the Foundation of the Royal College of St George and the Institution and Ceremonies of the Order of the Garter. BOUND WITH A Pocket Companion To the Royal Palace of Kensington, Kew and Hampton Court; With a Concise Account Of the Towns, Villages, Villas, and Remarkable Places, Within XIV Miles of Windsor To which are Added Short Sketches of the Lives Of the Most Eminent Painters [Later Edition – Full Leather Binding]

Anon

Published by Printed for C. Knight., Windsor

About this Item

Windsor: Printed for C. Knight., New Edition, 1790s.

Full leather binding, rubbed and worn, with loss to the leather, gilt titles to a red label, text block tight, darkened page top edges, all red speckled, pages tanned.

With 2 folding plates and 4 full page plates to the Windsor volume and a folding map to the Palaces volume.

Scarce Pocket Companion volume.

Pagination: (Windsor) [iv], 90pp with 6 plates (2 folding). (Palaces) [ii], 44; [ii], 26; [ii], 32pp with 3 separate title pages and a map.

Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates.

Approximately 6 ¾ inches (17cm) tall.



Condition Report

Externally

Spine ? fair condition ? gilt titles to a red label, rubbed and worn with loss.
Joints ? fair condition ? split to the top of the front joint, rear joint sound.
Corners ? good condition ? rubbed and worn.
Boards ? fair condition ? rubbed and worn, with much of the leather missing.
Page edges ? good condition ? all edges speckled red, darkened to the top.
Binding ? fair condition ? much of the leather missing (insect damage?), structurally holding well, text block tight.
See above and photos.

Internally

Hinges ? good condition ? sound, split to the top of the front hinge.
Paste downs ? good condition ? tanned and foxed.
End papers ? good condition ? tanned and foxed.
Title ? good condition ? tanned.
Pages ? good condition ? tanned.
See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1786435898724

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Windsor Guide; Containing a Description of the Town and Castle; The Present State of the Paintings and Curiosities In the Royal Apartments An Historical Account Of the Monuments &c. in St George?s Chapel; With the Foundation of the Royal College of St George and the Institution and Ceremonies of the Order of the Garter. BOUND WITH A Pocket Companion To the Royal Palace of Kensington, Kew and Hampton Court; With a Concise Account Of the Towns, Villages, Villas, and Remarkable Places, Within ...
• Publisher: Printed for C. Knight., Windsor
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair